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General Fiction

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When Gregor woke up in the morning, he found that he had turned into a beetle and could not move in bed. Why did I choose such a tiring career, traveling day after day! If it weren't for my parents, I would have quit my job a long time ago. I would also go to my boss and express my inner feelings. What if I call in sick now? But I have never been sick in the past five years of work. Don't stay in bed like a useless person, it's already seven o'clock! Just when he was racking his brains on how to keep his job, he heard the director coming home and knocking on his door... This book selects three representative short stories by Kafka, "The Metamorphosis", "The Judgment" and "The Hunger Artist". Each of them reveals the real situation in which we are squeezed and deformed by life and work. When we begin to see ourselves in Kafka's works, it is our chance to break through this realistic dilemma!

The Wind Rises: Illustrated Edition (2023)

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"The Wind Rises" tells a beautiful love story between two young people. Their love begins in the summer when everything is lush and ends in the desolate winter. Setsuko in the article is seriously ill. After the hero learns about this, he puts down his work and accompanies Setsuko to the mountains to recuperate. In the isolated Yatsugatake foothills, abandoning the hustle and bustle of the world, only each other remained in their lives. The love becomes more and more profound in this beautiful scene. Together they appreciate the happiness of life, but also feel sad that this happiness is tainted with the shadow of death.

Bright Night

Bright Night

General Fiction

(korean) Choi Eun-young

136K8.910

After divorcing my husband, at the age of thirty-one, I came to the seaside town of Xiling alone, where I met my grandmother whom I had not seen for many years. After the embarrassment and silence, my lonely heart got closer and closer, and my grandmother and I became friends who confided in each other. In the old photo album in my grandmother's old house, I found a woman who looked very similar to me, nestling next to my grandmother when I was a girl. Each vivid face gradually came to me from the black and white photos, from the touching letters, from the long memories, through the era when women's life was like a piece of grass and their life was like a piece of grass. The stories that came to me through my great-grandmother, my grandmother, and my mother, their lives replayed before my eyes. Can I reach them now? Just as the countless selves in the past make up the present me, can the present me also see the countless selves in the past?

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The novel describes the joys and sorrows of a pair of twin sisters. Due to a poor family, her sister Chieko was abandoned and adopted by a silk and satin wholesaler, and she became a pampered young lady. Although her younger sister Miaozi stayed at her parents' home, she became an orphan when she was infancy. When she grew up, she stayed in the village to be employed and support herself. The two sisters are beautiful in appearance and kind-hearted. Chieko is sensitive and possesses the delicate emotions of a girl, while her younger sister Miaozi is gentle and simple, like the spirit of Beishan fir, tall, beautiful and full of vitality. Kawabata Yasunari used two parasitic purple-flowered cicadas on a large maple tree to compare the fate of the two sisters. Although they are so far away from each other, they can meet each other for a while, but they never get together.

The Long Winter: the Lost City

(us) A. G. Liddell

158K0

Every desperate counterattack of mankind is a reset of the universe! The final chapter of the "Long Winter" trilogy is here! Five million human survivors came to their new home of Eos, but this is not a paradise. They face greater challenges: super storms, ancient behemoths, bloodthirsty scorpions, deadly spores... Can humans escape? At the same time, the truth behind the big BOSS grid is getting closer and closer. Missing immigrants, giant spheres under the ground, mysterious shapes, how do they relate to the grid? There is not much time left for mankind. The doomsday war is about to break out. Will the universe return to extinction or regain its vitality?

Digital Starship 1: Awakening of Justice

(us)ann Leckie

206K0

On a distant, icy planet, Brick is searching for his destiny. She was once the Justice Torrhen - a massive starship with thousands of soldiers connected by artificial intelligence. Now, a conspiracy has taken away all this, leaving her with only a fragile body, unanswered questions, and a revenge with no end in sight.

May Ward and Rose Studio

(uk) Marianne Cronin

170K0

A heartwarming, healing novel with a unique setting, it tells the story of a friendship that spans 66 years. The encounter between the two brought passion and madness back to the life that had been so silent. Lennie, 17 years old, is at the end of her life, and she has spent an unknown number of years in the hospital; Margot, 83, is at the end of her life, and she has no relatives to care for her because of her aging, so she has spent an unknown number of years in the hospital. The two met at a painting class held in the hospital. At this time, their combined ages were exactly one hundred. A "cool plan" was born: they decided to paint the past hundred years into paintings, one for each year. Subsequently, Margo's tumultuous and turbulent life gradually unfolded, and the truth about Lennie's abandonment by her relatives came to light. The two people who were originally "waiting to die" began to re-examine their lives and think about the relationship between death and life because of each other's appearance.

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Kim Il-woo is a silent child. After "that incident", he sat at the bus stop every day, even if the hot summer made him sweat. Now he can no longer hear the sound of trumpets, the chirping of cicadas, or the whispers of people. Pedestrians who spoke to him would not have thought that this mysterious young man sitting here had almost saved his family from a life that was going further and further downhill with his own ears. Park Sang-woon once owned a thriving variety show production company, but fierce industry competition caused him to be abandoned. Jung Ki-seop grew up in a traditional market, thinking it would always exist until large supermarkets sprang up like monsters... He could never learn the lessons, his father was fired, his mother was sad and tired, and the rental houses became increasingly smaller. Life seemed like it would never get better. However, Riyu's hearing talent was suddenly discovered one day like a ray of light. At the same time, the three-cup contest THECHAMPION kicked off on the TV station, and the winner will receive a bonus ten times the amount of the bet. Riyu's family went to great lengths to raise 50 million won and became a contestant betting the amount. When Riyu got his wish and reached the last level - the program producer with a bleak future and the market representative who wanted to protect the traditional market - the interests behind the program emerged with all their teeth.

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General Fiction

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"Going through the long border tunnel is the country of snow." In Shimamura's eyes, life is nihilistic. All efforts and bonds are just bubbles and phantoms that will eventually fade away, until he meets Ju Zi in this quiet snow country covered by heavy snow. If you like playing the piano, practice it over and over again, even if you only have an empty mountain for company; if you like someone, give your sincerity, even if it's a moth flying into the flame; fate is elusive, so face it calmly and enjoy every beautiful moment! Shimamura was deeply attracted by Komako's pure, strong, and no-turning attitude. The seemingly nihilistic life seemed to have meaning... Open this book and use every beautiful moment to heal the nihilistic life!

I'm Afraid of Pain, so I Just Maxed Out My Defense 1

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63K01

Maple, who is new to the game, allocates all attribute points to "defense power" at the beginning. But after going online, her movements were slow and she couldn't use magic. Even the little white rabbit could make her spin around. Where is the sassy shield girl we promised? The strange thing is that she didn't feel any pain at all when faced with the attack! "Mobile Bunker", "Absolute Defense"... Why are there more and more strange titles and skills? Just like that, without realizing how abnormal she was, Maple struck out in a flash!

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An unavoidable classic in the history of Japanese literature, the masterpiece of Kawabata Yasunari, the winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Literature, Shigeon's unprinted translation includes the two novels "Snow Country" and "The Songstress of Izu". The train passed through a long tunnel and headed for the snow country. Shimamura was about to meet Juzi for the second time, but unexpectedly saw Ye Zi's beautiful face reflected in the car window mirror. The three people's melancholy was involved, and the snowflakes fell on everyone. Is love really in vain?

Undertaker

Undertaker

General Fiction

(japan) Aoki Shinmon

64K0

After the down-and-out poet Shinmon Aoki dropped out of Japan's prestigious Waseda University, he entered the funeral industry by chance and has been doing so for nearly forty years. Seeing all kinds of dead people every day, as well as their relatives who are separated from them, Aoki went from fear at first, to calmness, to compassion, and finally realized the boundary between life and death. Using both hands to allow the deceased to say goodbye to his relatives and friends with a peaceful, true and beautiful face is a responsibility and obligation for the embalmer, as well as morality and compassion... The work uses the poet's brushwork and the wisdom of the philosopher to describe the gentle joys and sorrows of life and death under the starry sky clearly and broadly...

Alna

Alna

General Fiction

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Elna, a 15-year-old girl, suddenly fainted while eating. She heard various voices, saw a shadow swimming on the glass, a big tree growing in the room, and a man wearing a gold-rimmed monocle standing behind her younger brother... Only Erna's mother knew that this man was the long-dead grandfather whom Erna had never met. Erna's mother re-organized a mystical gathering at home. The gathering was attended by clerks from the death registration office of the city council, Jewish doctors, brain science researchers, and psychoanalysts... They sat around the table, holding hands, waiting for Erna to fall asleep, writing on the slate, and speaking intermittent words in different voices.

The Fall of Mathematics

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300K02

"The Fall of Mathematics": If 1+1 no longer equals 2, mathematics can destroy a world. "Steve Fever": The boy sleepwalked and escaped every night, but he was actually ordered by tens of billions of nanorobots... "Single Life": I closed the entrance to the parallel world, hoping that my daughter would become the only version of myself in the universe. "The Prophet": If Alan Turing did not die in prison, but was rescued by a time traveler... "The Crocodile": A couple who are tired of eternal life decide to die, and their wish before death is to let a civilization that has been silent for millions of years speak. Mathematics first, poetry second. Making mathematics poetic is Greg Egan's weapon to conquer readers.

The Locked Room (work Series by Yukio Mishima)

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"Human love and human appetite for cruelty are basically the same thing." This book collects twelve short stories written by Mishima Yukio from the age of fifteen to forty-four, giving a glimpse of the trajectory of his entire writing career. "The Locked Room" is a collection of short stories by Yukio Mishima, which includes twelve short stories in total. "Stained Glass" is the first work in this book. It mainly talks about pride and prejudice in the upper class society, and depicts the psychological wars with meticulous brushwork. "The Locked Room" tells the story of an abnormal love story between an elite young official and a nine-year-old girl, set in the chaotic and chaotic post-war Japan. Different from the tough and clear writing style in the past, the author in this work uses complicated and decadent writing to describe the loneliness of modern people from the inner level, reflecting the social status quo and the spirit of the times at that time. "The King of Ranling" is Yukio Mishima's last short story, which was based on his simple and plain life in the Self-Defense Forces camp. It describes the protagonist's infinite emotion when he heard "The King of Lanling" played on the flute. Different from the noisy city on weekdays, people feel the quiet life of a hermit. It also includes works such as "Charity", "Monster", "Fruit" and "Beauty God".

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"Flute Grass" is a rare collection of novellas by Miyuki Miyabe. The three stories included feature women with superpowers as protagonists. They explore the balance between life and superpowers from the perspectives of regaining superpowers, controlling superpowers, and fading superpowers. This work reflects Miyuki Miyabe's consistent concern for human nature. It is full of incredible imagination and has a sense of ordinary life. Since "Flute Grass" was published in Japan in 1995, it has been reprinted 26 times, with a cumulative sales volume of 690,000 copies. Among them, "The Burnt Offering", a collection with the theme of revenge, has been adapted into films twice, which shows its high popularity. Science Fiction World launches the Simplified Chinese version for the first time, looking forward to bringing new experiences to readers who love super power themes and fans of Miyuki Miyabe.

A Murderous Line

A Murderous Line

General Fiction

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146K01

The annual recommended book of British crime novels, the latest work of Anthony Horowitz, author of "The Magpie Murders"! A quiet island where no murder has ever occurred, two sudden and brutal murders, and twelve suspects with their own agendas! Alderney is an isolated island where private detectives and crime fiction writers are invited to participate in a literary festival to promote their new books. But not long after, the two discovered that this seemingly peaceful island hid a strong malicious intent: a cable connecting Britain and France would pass through the island. It would dig up the cemetery on the island, disturb the souls of the dead who were murdered during the Nazi period, and turn the island residents against each other, making the entire island restless. And the authors who participated in the literary festival seemed to have unknown pasts... When the patron of the literary festival was brutally murdered, the island was completely sealed off. The murderer is still on the island, and the second murder is about to happen...

Apprentice

Apprentice

General Fiction

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The original novel series of the American TV series "Mysterious Detective" has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide! The husband died tragically at home, with fragments of the teacup scattered around his legs. The wife, whose body was exposed in the wilderness, showed signs of posthumous violation. Detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Ayers jointly investigated the case and discovered that the murderer known as "The Master" seemed to have some connection with the imprisoned murderer "The Surgeon". The intervention of FBI Agent Dean made Rizzoli confused. To make matters worse, news came that the "Surgeon" had escaped from prison. Two ultimate killers have collaborated to commit a crime, and their next target is none other than Rizzoli!

Portrait

Portrait

General Fiction

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The sisters were brutally murdered one after another, but the brutal murderer actually came from the painting? The dreamy masterpiece of new mystery writer Yoi Takahiro! The wealthy businessman Katakura Yoshihiro has four daughters with artistic talents. With the unexpected death of Shiori, the youngest with excellent painting skills, the relationship between the three sisters Hatsune, Mifuyu, and Yuka becomes subtle. Many years later, Katakura Yafuyu has become a world-famous mystery writer with many book fans, one of whom is university student Tagen Ri. Because of an unexpected encounter, Ri received an invitation from Mito and went to the Katakura family's villa with her friend Hideyuki to attend an April Fool's Day party. In the villa decorated with portraits, murders followed one after another, and the Katakura sisters were murdered one after another. The atrocity naturally made all the guests at the party angry, but what was even more chilling was that various signs at the crime scene showed that the murderer seemed to have come out of the portrait, and Shi Zhi was no longer in the world...

The Dancing Girl of Izu (japanese Translation)

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"The Dancing Girl of Izu" describes in the first person the story of a 19-year-old high school sophomore who traveled to Izu alone to relieve the unspeakable melancholy and anguish in his heart. On the way, he met a group of wandering artists and developed a longing for the 14-year-old dancer Kaoruko... "The Dancing Girl of Izu" is one of the three works of Kawabata Yasunari that won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. In it, every little thing is described in detail, until the final parting with Xunzi, and the indescribable sadness, emotion and the pain of youthful self-consciousness flow out...

How a Soldier Repaired a Gramophone

(germany) Sasha Stanisic

182K0

Grandpa said that if I wear the hat he made for me, I can become a powerful magician in the non-aligned countries; my aunt is nicknamed "Typhoon" and can move faster than anyone else and can race Carl Lewis; "Walrus" accidentally discovered that his wife was cheating on him, and what made him even more furious was that they actually broke his game record in his bedroom! The war broke all this. The little boy Alexander still cannot understand the meaning of war and firmly believes that he can prevent the end and death of all things. He met the little girl Asiya and played a game among the soldiers in a daze. A drowned person cannot rise again and ask where the handkerchief is, a lost love cannot return to its original state, a smoke shop owner who already exists cannot be born yet, and a bullet that has been shot into the throat cannot fly back into the barrel of a gun. But years later, Alexander is still looking for his Asya.

Poetry in the Sky: Shadows of the Deep Sea

(us) Holly Black

169K0

After being forced to ascend the throne, the new Supreme King Cardan began to exert his ruling skills. Before the throne, Jude was his interior minister; but inside the palace, the tug-of-war between the two became increasingly tense - Cardin could not disobey Jude's orders, but he could influence her emotions with his words and deeds. His unstable character made Jude doubt his decision. At the same time, Cardin was cleverly consolidating his royal power. To make matters worse, both men realize that their infatuation with each other is uncontrollably taking root in their hearts. Then, the Queen of the Sea, Euler, suddenly launched an attack, coercing Cardin into marrying her daughter Nikasia, and even threatened to start a war over it. As time goes by, Cardin is about to escape control, and the Queen of the Sea, Euler, is eyeing her again. Jude is under attack from both sides, and a person she trusts has betrayed her long ago... Who is the traitor? Will there be a war between the sea and the land? Where will the unexplained love between Jude and Cardin lead their fate?

Greenhouse at the End of the Earth

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Due to climate deterioration and frequent weather events, the earth has entered the "dust age" and familiar animals and plants have become extinct one by one. Human physique also changed. One type developed antibodies to dust and was captured and traded. The other type became half-man, half-machine, used and discarded by their former compatriots. To isolate the dust, humans split into different groups. One group built a "dome city" protected by a huge glass cover in the city, while a small number of marginalized people and refugees built "forest villages" in the mountains. In "Dome City", resources are scarce and competition is fierce. People are willing to trample on each other to protect themselves. However, under the leadership of a legendary woman, Zhixiu, the "Forest Village" is self-sufficient and takes in refugees from all over the world who have been displaced by wars and massacres. In the dense forest deep in the forest village, there is a huge greenhouse hidden in which a strange man-made plant grows. Some people say that in the silent night, it will glow green... At the end of the day, both mortals and heroes face choices. Choose love or choose hate, choose to lead to a different future.

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General Fiction

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"The Big Grouse" collects 14 of Tournier's short stories, which include reinterpretations of classic literature or myths and legends, humorous and satirical descriptions of real life, and bizarre explorations of human nature or society. He hides profound philosophical implications in ordinary daily life scenes to create a wonderful and extraordinary reading experience: a child's first adventure, an eccentric girl's exploration of death, the secret desires of marginalized characters, a love story on the side of the highway... In Tournier's literary world, life seems ordinary, but it is full of surprises.

Born to Shine (set of Two Volumes)

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Will I be the brightest one or be forgotten in the shadows? In order to pursue her dream of becoming a singer, seventeen-year-old Rachel has many rules to abide by: intense training, staying cute, mysterious and perfect, and not falling in love... She won the first place in the fierce competition, but found that she had fallen victim to the company's hype. When the company no longer protects her, and faced with the betrayal of her teammates, Rachel must listen to her own voice. I know I won't stop fighting with a smile that comes from the bottom of my heart.

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"Captain Grant's Children" is one of Verne's science fiction trilogy, telling a story full of passion and mystery. Readers who like this classic and readers who like Verne, this book is worth reading. With the discovery of a drifting bottle, everyone started discussing: Is it a distress letter from a wrecked ship or a limerick written by a sailor when he was bored? After various analyses, we finally came to the conclusion that this was a letter of distress from Captain Grant. So, after all kinds of setbacks, a group of people took the Duncan and embarked on the adventure of rescuing Captain Grant... They encountered countless hardships and dangers along the way: earthquakes, floods, storms, ferocious Maori and a conspiracy. So, will Captain Grant be saved? Will these brave volunteers encounter danger? Will everyone give up halfway? This book expresses the protagonist's heroic, tenacious and fearless spirit, embodies Verne's progressive thoughts against slavery and colonialism, and shows the noble quality of safeguarding social justice and the lofty humanitarian spirit.

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"The Mysterious Island" is the third part of Verne's science fiction trilogy. In this film, he connected the plot clues of the first two films. The story tells that during the American Civil War, five northerners who were besieged in a Confederate city took advantage of an opportunity to escape with a balloon. They were blown down by a storm on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean. Through solidarity and mutual assistance, and collective wisdom and labor, they overcame many difficulties and built a happy life. They started from nothing until they manufactured pottery, glass, windmills, telegraphs... Thus establishing a self-sufficient and happy life. However, although the victims on these desert islands lacked nothing, they did not give up their efforts to return to their motherland. One day, they boarded the Duncan, commanded by Captain Grant's son Robert, and returned to the embrace of their motherland. The plot of the work is thrilling and twists, the characters are lifelike, it integrates knowledge, interest and creativity. It is full of descriptions of the strange and colorful nature, and integrates all kinds of knowledge into thrilling stories. It is deeply loved by readers all over the world.

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"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" is a science fiction novel and the second part of Verne's trilogy. The work tells the story of 1866, when people at sea discovered a huge monster called a narwhal. The protagonist accepted the invitation and participated in the capture operation. Unfortunately, during the capture process, he and his servant fell into the water and accidentally swam onto the back of the monster. Later, I learned that this alarming narwhal turned out to be a submarine with a wonderful structure, so I experienced various adventures in this submarine. A submarine, a mysterious captain, and a scientist with extensive knowledge, in various adventures, in nearly a year, the protagonist traveled 20,000 miles under the sea, deducing stories for us, showing thrilling scenes, describing their adventures traveling around the oceans. The story is thrilling and fascinating with twists and turns, the pictures are colorful, and the atmosphere is endless. The whole novel is full of suspense and interlocking. It is both a pleasure to read and a thrilling one that will never be forgotten.

Men Without Women

Men Without Women

General Fiction

(japan) Haruki Murakami

129K0

A collection of short stories in the style of a concept album, Haruki Murakami's dazzling short story collection. The original work of "Drive My Car" which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Includes the short stories "Drive My Car", "Yesterday", "Independent Organ", "Scheherazade", "Kino", "Samsa in Love" and "Men Without Women".

Sinking, Exile and Kingdom (translation Classic)

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This book contains the works of Camus, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. This book includes the novel "The Sinking" and the short story collection "Exile and the Kingdom". The translator Shen Zhiming has made a long introduction based on the literature to help readers understand Camus's works. "The Sinking" was originally planned as a chapter in "Exile and the Kingdom", but due to its length, it was published separately. Therefore, the Chinese version will be published in two volumes. "The Sinking" is a painful monologue by the protagonist Jean-Baptiste Clamans that directly touches human nature. In a Mexico City bar in Amsterdam, Klamance, who calls himself the "Judge-Confessor," looked back on the past years. He was once a practicing lawyer and lived a prosperous life, with fame and money. But one night when he was crossing the bridge, a woman jumped into the river behind him and committed suicide. He fell into self-blame for not saving her life, and thus began the road to sinking... He realized that his past was all false, and realized that human nature is irredeemable. "Exile and Kingdom" consists of six short stories. Although the content of each article is different, the protagonists all feel frustrated in their daily lives and struggle to find the "kingdom", that is, the meaning and happiness of life. Therefore, they feel lonely, like "exile".

God-given Day

God-given Day

General Fiction

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75K0

Apart from "The Case of Judge Dick of the Tang Dynasty", this is the only detective novel written by Goloupe. He takes off the mask of Judge Dee and returns to the Amsterdam of yesterday. The Chinese version is released for the first time, with a special preface by Thomas Van Gulick, son of Goloupe. "God-Sent Day" is the only detective novel set in Amsterdam besides the "Tang Dynasty Dickon Case" series by Goluope. The story has twists and turns. It not only describes the difficult life of ordinary people during and after World War II, including various practical and psychological dilemmas, but also There is also an investigation of Eastern culture, especially Zen Buddhism. In the collision and confrontation between Eastern and Western cultures, the pursuit of human spiritual salvation and way out reflects an important aspect of the multi-cultural personality of Goloupe himself, that is, the spiritual characteristics of the Dutch.

Bird of the Nine Palaces in Asakusa (kawabata Yasunari's Works Series)

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The work of Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari is an ukiyo-e depicting all living things in Asakusa. "Asakusa Nine Palace Birds" collects three Asakusa-related novellas "Rainbow", "Asakusa Nine Palace Birds" and "Asakusa Sisters" written by Kawabata Yasunari in the 1930s. As the earliest bustling city in Edo, Asakusa is a prosperous and lively public entertainment area in Tokyo. Kawabata Yasunari came to Tokyo from his hometown in 1917, and initially settled in Asakusa. Since then, he created a series of works with Asakusa as the background, depicting ukiyo-e paintings depicting all living things in Asakusa. Most of the characters who appear in the novel are those at the bottom of society. They are the dancers in the sketch drama who are swept away by the winds of fate, and are precocious and coquettish mixed with childish innocence in "The Rainbow". They are the idle but still adhering to their own rules in the world of "The Asakusa Birds". A Fei is also the singing girl in "Asakusa Sisters" who walks the streets with a shamisen and protects each other in suffering... Kawabata Yasunari observes and reproduces their dreams and love, innocence and evil, the pain of life and the yearning for beauty with lyrical eyes.

The Sixth Ward: Selected Novels by Chekhov (Classics in Translation)

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169K0

It brings together the essence of Chekhov's novels and fully presents the artistic charm of Chekhov. It is translated by translator Zhu Yisen and contains many exquisite illustrations. "Sixth Ward" is one of Chekhov's most representative and outstanding works in his middle and late period. Named after this novel, this book includes a total of 14 representative works of Chekhov from various periods, including "The Chameleon", "The Sixth Ward", "The Man in the Trap" and "Gooseberry". It strives to comprehensively and completely present the unique artistic charm of Chekhov's novels.

Tough Guys Don't Dance (norman Mailer)

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174K0

A tough guy writer who can compete with Hemingway, a private book for a decent man, a powerful detective suspense novel... The confession of a writer who is caught in the double torment of sanity and madness, first-class murder, strange betrayal, overloaded mystery... The writer Madden, whose creative inspiration is increasingly exhausted, fell into depression and drank all day long to have fun. One day he met a beautiful blonde, and after a night of partying with her, he got involved in a bizarre murder. A blond woman's head inexplicably appears in the marijuana field where he grows. At the same time, the tattoos on his arms, the blood stains in his home and car, and the testimony of his psychic friends all indicate that he is the murderer. Many coincidences made Madden's hair stand on end, and the broken and chaotic memories left him at a loss. In order to uncover the mystery of the murderer, Madden was involved in the whirlpool of love, blood and murder. However, every clue shows that everyone around him is inextricably linked to the murder, and no one rules out the possibility of the murderer... Including himself. Who is the deceased? Who is the murderer? Tim fell into a double torment of sanity and madness. ?

I Just Like You (work by Nick Hornby)

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The end of love is not marriage, but happiness. With his unique literary talent, Hornby leads readers through an emotional thought experiment in a relaxed and humorous way, and once again explores what love is. People in the world always yearn for pure love that is not bound by prejudice, but whenever such love comes, it is like a flower in a vacuum and cannot be sustained. "I Just Like You" tells a modern love story between a black boy working part-time and a middle-aged white female teacher. The two protagonists met by chance in life and quickly fell in love. However, due to the huge gap between the two parties in terms of age, race, educational background, life experience, economic conditions, social status, and political stance, this relationship is destined to have a slim future. It is unlikely to lead to marriage, let alone the understanding and acceptance of the family. Disappointed, they tried to compromise with their fate and dated romantic partners who seemed to be "well-matched". However, they all ended in failure...

Son of Heaven (kawabata Yasunari's Works Series)

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A volume of white drawings full of love and affection between an adopted daughter and her parents, showing the true love in the ordinary. The autobiography of Kawabata Yasunari, a "leading figure" in the Japanese literary world and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a precious work that peeps into the depths of the soul. It describes the symbol of Japanese beauty with a unique style and strong emotions. It has superb narrative skills and expresses the spiritual characteristics of the Japanese people with extraordinary sensitivity. "The Son of God" is a collection of autobiographical novels by Kawabata Yasunari, which includes four short stories: "Hometown", "Tokaido", "Tower of Sentiment", and "The Son of God". From the age of two to fourteen, Kawabata Yasunari's parents, sister, and grandparents died one after another. The plot of "Orphans from the End of the World" lingered in his life. In "Hometown", the author takes the opportunity of welcoming his adopted daughter to review his lonely boyhood; "Tokaido" remembers his old friend's journey to Beijing and explores the relationship between art and eternity; "God-given Son" describes the father-daughter relationship with his adopted daughter and records the activities of the Japanese PEN Association after the war... "God-given Son" is a precious work that peeks into the depths of Kawabata Yasunari's soul.

The Memory of Shakespeare (the Complete Works of Borges)

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"The Book of Sand" + "Shakespeare's Memory" are the final works of Borges' novels. This book is a collection of novels by Borges, the Argentinian poet, novelist, critic, translator, and master of Spanish literature. It includes Borges's short story collection "The Book of Sand" published in 1975 and his 1983 short story collection "The Memory of Shakespeare". They are the writer's last two consecutive novels. Among them, "The Book of Sand" contains thirteen chapters and is Borges's top work in his later writing period. Facing a "book of sand" with endless pages, at first it was a sense of happiness that we took for ourselves, and finally we realized that it was a terrible monster and the source of all troubles. This book is the embodiment of Borges's book worship complex and symbolizes the infinite universe and world. People try their best to break through the unknown, but in the end they experience the infinite and confirm their own insignificance and powerlessness. "Shakespeare's Memory" contains four chapters, including "August 25, 1983", "The Blue Tiger", "The Rose of Paracelsus" and "Shakespeare's Memory". In each chapter, there appears another "I" coexisting with "I", the blue "pebble" that can be derived, the "rose" that is reborn after destruction, and the "memory of Shakespeare" that appears in each chapter. The "memory of Shakespeare" that a person remembers seems to be the presentation of dreams. In fact, Borges uses dreams to explore the relationship between the three human abilities-memory, understanding, and fantasy. Memory is like a cave. It is not a superposition of the past, but a mixture of various possibilities with unclear meanings.

Secret Crystal

Secret Crystal

General Fiction

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128K0

Shortlisted works for the 2020 International Man Booker Prize. A dystopian masterpiece from a female perspective, a poignant and cautionary fable about the power of memory and the trauma of memory loss. It was adapted into a stage play in 2018, starring the popular Japanese actress Satomi Ishihara, which aroused enthusiastic response in Japan. The author Yoko Ogawa has become one of the most influential Japanese writers in the world after Kenzaburo Oe and Haruki Murakami. On the island where the protagonist lives, there were many beautiful things, such as ribbons, emeralds, stamps, roses, libraries, etc., Etc. But I don't know when, swept by a mysterious force, they disappeared one after another. Along with it, the memories associated with these items go. When memory loses support and ceases to exist, how should we face the future?

Born a Woman (kawabata Yasunari's Works Series)

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The work of Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari depicts the dangers and chaos of young sensibility, the loneliness and fear of being born a woman, and delicately paints a picture of Showa women's life. "Born a Woman" is a representative novel by Nobel Prize-winning writer Kawabata Yasunari. In "Born a Woman", the Sayama couple, who are nearly forty years old, still have no children, but they have a harmonious relationship and live a prosperous and worry-free life. Out of sympathy, Sayama took in Taeko, the murderer's daughter; Arong, the daughter of his wife Ichiko's old friend, also ran away from home to join Ichiko, who longed for a free life in Tokyo. Taeko is restrained, introverted and sick, and her father committed a crime, which made her even more inferior; Arong is bold and willful, and falls in love with Ichiko and Sagawa at the same time. The originally peaceful family is in trouble because of these two girls... Kawabata Yasunari is a master of describing women's emotions and life. In his light narrative, he shows the pure, quiet and lamentable world of women.

People Who Love (kawabata Yasunari's Works Series)

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The work of Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari, nine touching moments about love, is the first collection of Zhuyu short stories published in China. "People Who Love" is a short story collection by Nobel Prize-winning writer Kawabata Yasunari. It includes nine short stories including "Mother's First Love", "A Woman's Dream", and "Letter About a Black Mole". A girl who was adopted by her mother's first love after her mother's death and fell silently in love with her mother's first love; a girl who has been unable to successfully date because of her first love's suicide; a wife who feels guilty because of her quirks; a dancing girl who is keen on playing dice; newlyweds who have just begun to feel the loveliness of children... Kawabata Yasunari's short stories are delicate, gentle and natural. The whole book centers on "love" and describes nine subtle moments about "love".

How Many Degrees of Rainbow (kawabata Yasunari's Work Series)

(japan) Kawabata Yasunari

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The works of Nobel Prize winner Kawabata Yasunari, the love, joys and sorrows of three half-sisters, and the rainbow-like beauty of life express the spiritual characteristics of the Japanese people with extraordinary sensitivity. "How Many Times the Rainbow" is a novella written by Kawabata Yasunari in 1956. It tells the rather unique story of three half-sisters Momoko, Asako, and Wakako. The background is Kyoto in the early 1950s, shortly after the war. The main line of the story is clear, and the branch lines are mixed but not chaotic. The entanglement between the parents and the alienated and caring relationship between the three sisters are all described in detail. It is a gem in the long history of Kawabata's literature. At the beginning of the novel, the fleeting image of a rainbow is outlined with clear brushstrokes. The beauty and rootlessness of the rainbow is a symbol of the fate of the heroines in the book. The work uses the quaint customs and charm of Kyoto and surrounding areas as the background to depict the love and joys and sorrows of the three sisters' love and life.

The Engagement of Scarborough (collected Works of Trollope)

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387K0

An excellent novel by Trollope exploring moral issues. It describes how a dying old squire, Mr. Scarborough, uses his marriage problems to play tricks and thoughtfully plays with the law of primogeniture, which is regarded as a matter of course by traditional concepts, in order to satisfy his rebellious psychology of contempt for the law. Scarborough is an old country squire who despises all laws that represent the will of the ruling class. Not only does he fundamentally deny the law, but he also extremely despises the reputation of honest people. Honesty, which is often referred to in the world, seems to him to be all pretense, and at best it is used to gain a good reputation through honesty. It took Scarborough thirty years to finally break away from the shackles of primogeniture, which was regarded as a matter of course by traditional concepts. He originally wanted Montjoy to inherit the property, but later Montjoy was addicted to gambling and was heavily in debt. He had a premonition that the family property was in danger of falling into the hands of creditors, so he declared Augustus as the legal heir. Unexpectedly, the second son was not a thing, and showed his viciousness towards his terminally ill father. Scarborough could not bear it and re-established Montjoy's status as the eldest son, which shattered Augustus's dream. Unfortunately, Meng Qiaoyi, who inherited the family property, immediately became a hopeless gambler. The family property, which embodies his life's hard work, will inevitably disappear in the blink of an eye. Throughout the novel, there is the love story of Florence and Harry, two lovers who finally get married. Scarborough thought wholeheartedly about Florence, preventing this angelic and lovely girl from being ruined by a libertine, and doing his best to make her happy marriage with Harry.

The Story of a Small Town by the River (kawabata Yasunari's Works Series)

(japan) Kawabata Yasunari

114K0

The emotional entanglement between a man and three women is like the sweetness of a flowing spring; the interweaving of the desire to talk and the frank treatment of each other is like a beautiful flower. The work of Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, a love story in a small town in Japan after World War II, overturns the stereotype of Japanese women and is sincere and touching. With a writing style that is often filled with sadness, he has the insight to discover delicate beauty, and through the characters in the book, he expresses his persistence in love and his feelings about the impermanence of life. The young talent Jun Yizo is an intern. His colleagues in the hospital, Minzi, his cousin Taozi, and the sister of the patient he treated all fell in love with him. The three girls expressed their love for Yisan in different ways. Minzi took care of the sick Yisan, and Taozi went to Tokyo alone to find the whereabouts of Yisan's house. And Yisan and the house can be said to be in love with each other. The house experienced ups and downs. First, her young brother passed away, and then all her belongings were stolen while living in the dormitory with Yisan. She had no choice but to escape secretly, join her former neighbor and sister, and work as a dancer at a US military base. While working as a dancer in the house, the valet Daji was injured in order to save the house from being captured by the US military, which eventually led to his death. The house was in a trance from then on, and somehow returned to the original small town. Fortunately, Minzi met her and sent her to the hospital. Yisan was finally reunited with the house after suffering from worry and anxiety.

Collection of Ryu Murakami's Works·volume 2 (set of 5 Volumes in Total)

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636K0

Based on the first volume, this series adds Murakami's classic masterpieces, showing Murakami's re-understanding of life and family, focusing on the heart, and reflecting on society. The author uses the confusion of teenagers to continue shouting for youth, looking for the meaning of life under the shell of love, and popping the bubble of capitalism's prosperity and decline through lost women and families. "Collection of Ryu Murakami's Works, Volume 2 (Set of 5 volumes in total)" includes Ryu Murakami's second work "The War Begins Across the Sea" after his debut novel "Infinitely Approximating Transparent Blue" published in 2021, the long love novel "The Melancholy of the Tennis Boy", the author's most famous semi-autobiographical novel "69", "Ibiza", a work that shows the loss of the times, and "The Last Family", a work that asks "what is an ideal modern family relationship". Ryu Murakami once again used his bold and precise brushwork to present a scene with great sensory impact, vividly expressing the despair and confusion of the characters, and the chaos and collapse of society, which is breathtaking.

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General Fiction

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88K0

This collection of novels can be said to be the "original point" of inspiration for Tsunoda Mitsuyo's genius creation. It consists of three short stories about "growth". "Happy Game": Two men and one woman who are neither lovers nor blood related formed a strange but warm "home". Haori and Liren left their "home" one after another to explore the world, but "I" still stubbornly fantasized about continuing to stay in this warm nest... "Carefree Angel": "I" faced an old man, and talked about a man who was wandering in the present. A story between reality and fiction: My mother is seriously ill and hospitalized. "I", my sister and my father fill the emptiness in their hearts with ever-expanding material desires. Life seems to be no longer under their control... "Public Bathroom": "I" is out of tune with the world and refuses to open up to the world. One day, I am cured by a little girl I meet by chance in a public bathroom...

Six Lying College Students

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Workplace version of werewolf killing + suspense + healing. Eight years ago, the famous Japanese IT company SHOU opened its campus recruitment for the first time, and six college students stood out from 5,000 people. However, the appearance of a mysterious "report letter" exposed the "lies" and "sin" behind the masks of the six people. The perfect and glamorous persona of a prestigious school student collapsed overnight. If you want to become the ultimate winner, you must clear your name... Eight years later, the mastermind of the "report letter" fell ill and died, but left another message for those who successfully joined the company that year. The new information prompted the successful recruits to revisit the former parties and find out another truth that had been hidden for many years...

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General Fiction

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109K0

Is it the sound of wind, waves, or tinnitus? But he did hear the sound of the mountains... "Mountain Sound" is the work of Kawabata Yasunari in his later years. Shingo, who is in his sixties, suffers from the burnout and fatigue of his many years of life, and deeply feels the invisible barriers between people, the lack of warmth and love. The sound of the mountain that arouses Shingo's fear of death is the cry of first love that has been buried deep in his heart for decades and has never been satisfied. He always looks for emotional and spiritual solace in his first love and daughter-in-law Juzi, which become a bright rainbow in his spiritual world. Based on his own aesthetic pursuits, Kawabata created these aesthetic images that coexist with reality and reality, surging with the original desire and power of human nature for life. It shows the author's longing for life, desire for love, and pursuit and yearning for beauty. There is an elegant heart hidden in the increasingly aging body, but you can only hear the lonely roar deep in your soul.

Suspect Party

Suspect Party

General Fiction

(uk)martin Edwards

171K0

In London at the beginning of the 20th century, under the bustling scene, there was an undercurrent surging in the thick fog. The mysterious lady Rachel joins hands with the young reporter Jacob to investigate a series of murder cases: the funeral train case: the dead person shows up at the funeral? Case of car burning and corpse burning: Why does the identity of the charred corpse change again and again? Zoo murder: Why was the cricketer killed by a lion? Cabin Murder: Who killed the woman who had an affair? The Case of the Man's Corpse in the Attic: A seemingly accidental encounter, who is the prey? Lakeside Husband Murder Case: How can the defendant prove his innocence despite irrefutable evidence? ...10 Incredible murders and multiple suspects who were perfectly acquitted. When all the suspects gathered together, the murder happened again. Is the real murderer hiding there, or is there someone else? Behind the many murders, who is the person the real murderer wants to kill?

A Collection of Kawabata Yasunari's Award-winning Masterpieces (set of 2 Volumes in Total)

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180K0

"Collection of Kawabata Yasunari's award-winning masterpieces (2 volumes in total)" includes "Snow Country" and "The Dancing Girl of Izu". "Snow Country" includes seven classic works from "Snow Country" and "Oil", "Fantasy of May", "Bonfire", "Her Dress", "Chiyo", "Orphan's Feelings" and "Human Heart" from the short story collection "First Love Novels". The story of "Snow Country" mainly tells the story of a Tokyo dance art researcher named Shimamura, who went to the hot spring hotel in Snow Country three times and had a love entanglement with the local geisha Komako and the girl Ye Zi who met by chance. The article is full of delicate emotions of love and futility. "The Dancer of Izu" is a famous work by Kawabata Yasunari. It describes a pure first love story of a young student who meets a teenage dancer in the green mountains and beautiful waters of Izu. It includes "The Dancer of Izu", "The Blue Sea and the Black Sea", "Reunion", "The Wife Riding a Donkey", "Soul Song", "Twenty Years Old", "Beasts", "Parents", etc., A total of 8 short stories.

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